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John Wiles

Rank Leading Seaman
Service Number J 10448
Born 12/04/1895 Leeds Hunslet

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Portsmouth
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HMS Nomad

Class Destroyer 'M' Class

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924

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Decorations 15ST.BWM.VIC Died 31/05/1916 Lost at Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Next of kin address Yorkshire England Leeds Hazelroyd, Green Lane Whitkirk England Hilda (dod 1955), Alice (dod 1972) Harry (dod 1982) MM Mother Alice Wiles Father Thomas Story Wiles More info Alternative Nok address: The Gael, Town Hall, Leeds